Senegal

Some 30 members of the National Movement of Pioneers of Senegal gathered in the premises of the Red Cross in Thies to revitalise and give new direction and perspectives to the group created since 1960

The city's first artisan chocolate shop has opened in Dakar, run by Belgian-Congolese chef Danuta Nganko, who adds local ingredients such as hibiscus flower (bissap), moringa, baobab fruit (buy) to her chocolate

The regional awareness campaign on renewable energies has officially been launched in Kaolack, with the main goal of illustrating and promoting their use in the country

"for a world free from hunger and malnutrition", the government is ready to work with the EU and the French Agency for Development (AFD), as the technical advisor to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Equipment said

The Senegalese Shippers' Council proceeded to the reception of a modern fish processing area in Joal-Fadiouth with drying, storage, packaging, warehousing and labelling areas for the benefit of some 5,000 professionals

Project to implement the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Artisanal Fisheries will be launched soon

Provale-Cv, a value-chain based organization, will create garden areas on 20 hectares in Camb Souf, in Diourbel, for the development of water value chains

Customs seized 5 illegal gold bars with a total value of 175 million CFA francs

The academy in Thies, in the north of the country, is willing to recruit 500 teachers

The director-general of the Musée des civilisations noires, Hamady Bocoum, announced the creation of a national commission to "make appropriate proposals" to Paris on restoring Africa's cultural heritage

The government discussed with the African Development Bank the technical aspects of implementing the Agropole Sud project